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Friday night, nearly 100 health professionals, researchers, policymakers and community members gathered with the University of Michigan and Harvard University at the Ypsilanti Marriott Resort at Eagle Crest to discuss research done on the United States’s opioid epidemic. The seven-hour summit, titled “Opioids: Policy to Practice,” featured Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N. as the keynote speaker.

A congressional town hall was held to discuss healthcare and the price of prescription medicines in the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Annenberg Auditorium Tuesday night.

The panelists included U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., state Rep. Yousef Rahbi, D-Ann Arbor, and Maggie Randolph, senior research analyst at the Center for Health and Research Transformation. Panelists also answered questions from concerned residents.

Thursday night, about 100 Kessler Scholars gathered to listen to Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II in the Michigan League Ballroom for their annual banquet. The banquet serves as a final celebration of the scholars’ hard work throughout the year. In his address, Gilchrist discussed his path from engineer to politician and the resilience he learned along the way.

Thursday night, the One University Campaign gathered in the Lecturers’ Employee Organization and Graduate Employees Offices to express their upcoming goals to create equity among University of Michigan’s three campuses: Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint.

Katie Fahey, founder and executive director of Voters not Politicians, spoke with students Tuesday afternoon in the Ford School of Public Policy about her journey from concerned citizen to political activist.

Her discussion, titled “Grassroots Organizing: Lessons learned from Voters not Politicians” included a presentation of Fahey’s two year journey of canvassing against gerrymandering in Michigan.

On Friday, the Ann Arbor chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists hosted four panelists at the Ann Arbor District Library for their discussion, titled “Social Media, Politics and the Fourth Estate,” to share their opinions on the fluctuating relationship between politics, social media and reporting.

The University of Michigan Residence Halls Association hosted their weekly meeting on Thursday evening in the Couzens Residence Hall multipurpose room. The major highlight of the night was a presentation from Bryan Baker, DPSS lieutenant and liaison to the Division of Student Life, about how to handle events similar to Saturday’s active attacker scare.

Thursday afternoon, the Ford School of Public Policy hosted a policy talk about racial bias and call-driven policing titled “911, What is your prejudice?” The event featured panelists who shared their thoughts on the topic and answered questions from the audience.

David Thacher, associate professor of public policy, hosted the panel and asked the panelists to spend 10 minutes answering what authorities should do when dealing with racially-biased calls.

Ann Arbor residents gathered in Forsythe Middle School’s cafeteria to discuss plans for a tunnel connection between Bandemer Park and Huron River Drive as well as the non-motorized Border-to-Border Trail Tuesday night. The meeting was held by Peter Sanderson, senior park planner for the Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission, and Hillary Hanzel, park planner and landscape architect for the city of Ann Arbor.

Ann Arbor residents and University of Michigan students gathered Friday Night in the tea room of Crazy Wisdom Bookstore to discuss ways to protest conservative author and commentator Ben Shapiro’s visit to campus, which is scheduled to occur on March 12.